'Magic God Hero Legend Wataru')[1] is a mecha multimedia franchise originally created by Sunrise and Red Company.

The series incorporates many elements of contemporary RPG video games including dungeon levels and quests for magical objects.

The kanji for "legend", 伝説 (densetsu) is shortened to "伝" (den) before being written alongside "hero" (英雄 Eiyū).

The anime series was a huge hit in Japan, later being imported into Taiwan, Mainland China, South Korea, France, Monaco and Hong Kong (the latter was shown on TVB Jade).

[6] Wataru's success prompted Bandai to copy the super-deformed mecha and multi-tiered world concepts in a science fiction setting with Sunrise's 1989 Madö King Granzört TV series.

Yoichi Kato wrote the scripts, Mayuko Nakano and Yoshinori Yumoto designed the characters, and Ryūichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, Oliver Good, and Keita Inoue composed the music.

[10] Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific and is scheduled to stream on their Ani-One Asia YouTube Channel on the same day as premiere in Japan.